A TV transmitter, a TV transmitting—method, a TV receiver and a TV receiving method allowing users to find and choose desired programs through the use of a program guide displayed by graphical user interface (GUI). The TV transmitter comprises a signal generation unit for generating text data signals associated with TV broadcast programs and hyper text data signals corresponding to the text data signals, a multiplexer for multiplexing the text data signals and the hyper text data signals onto video signals of the TV broadcast programs to provide a multiplexed TV broadcast signal, and an output unit for outputting the multiplexed TV broadcast signal provided by the multiplexer. The TV receiver comprises a display unit-for receiving and displaying text data signals extracted from a multiplexed TV broadcast signal interleaving the text data signals associated with TV broadcast programs and hyper text data signals corresponding to the text data signals a designation unit for designating any one of the text data signals displayed by the display unit a detection unit for detecting the hyper text data signal corresponding to the text data signal designated by the designation unit and a processing unit for processing the TV broadcast program corresponding to the hyper text data signal detected by the detection unit.
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1. A broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, comprising: a multiplexer configured to multiplex a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control to a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; and a transmitter configured to transmit said broadcast signal and said multimedia data multiplexed in said multiplexer to said receiver.
2. The broadcast signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the multimedia data may be delayed from transmission until a time different from that of a corresponding broadcast program signal.
3. The broadcast signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said recording medium is a recording apparatus operably linked to the receiver.
4. The broadcasting signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcast program in the recording medium.
5. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising: multiplexing a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control in a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; and transmitting said broadcast signal and said multimedia data multiplexed in said multiplexer to said receiver.
6. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal according to claim 5 , wherein said recording medium is a recording apparatus operably linked to the receiver.
7. The method of transmitting a broadcast signal according to claim 5 , wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcast program to the recording medium.
8. A broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, comprising: means for multiplexing a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control to a means for receiving and control signals providing recording control to a means for recording onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; and means for transmitting said broadcast signal and said multimedia data multiplexed by said means for multiplexing to said means for receiving.
9. The broadcast signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the means for recording is operably linked to the means for receiving.
10. The broadcast signal transmitting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcast program in a means for recording.
11. A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal of a transmitting apparatus; and a demultiplexer confignred to demultiplex said broadcast signal and said multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control in a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded.
12. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said recording medium is a recording apparatus operably linked to the receiver.
13. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcasting program to the recording medium.
14. A method of receiving a broadcast signal, comprising: receiving a multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal of a transmitting apparatus; and demultiplexing said broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control to a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded.
15. The method of receiving a broadcast signal according to claim 14 , wherein said recording medium is a recording apparatus operably linked to the receiver.
16. The method of receiving a broadcast signal according to claim 14 , wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcasting program in the recording medium.
17. A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, comprising: means for receiving a multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal of a broadcast source; and means for demultiplexing said broadcast signal and said multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control in a display and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded.
18. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein said means for recording is operably linked to said means for display.
19. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein said control signals providing recording control are used in a reserving process to record a broadcasting program in a means for recording.
20. A broadcast system, comprising: a multiplexer configured to multiplex a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control to a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; a transmitter configured to transmit said multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal to said receiver; said receiver configured to receive the multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal transmitted by said transmitter; and a demultiplexer responsive to said receiver for demultiplexing the broadcast signal and the multimedia data.
21. A broadcasting system, comprising: means for multiplexing a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link location information, control signals providing display control to a means for receiving and control signals providing recording control to a means for recording onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; and means for transmitting said multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal, wherein the means for receiving is responsive to the multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal transmitted by said means for transmitting, and includes a means for demultiplexing the broadcast signal and the multimedia data.
22. A method for broadcasting a signal, comprising: multiplexing a broadcast signal and multimedia data, said multimedia data described by a mark-up language and including broadcast program information, link information, control signals providing display control to a receiver and control signals providing recording control to a recording medium onto which an image signal obtained from said broadcast signal is recorded; transmitting said multiplexed broadcast and multimedia data signal; receiving said multiplexed broadcast and the multimedia data signal transmitted in said transmitting; and demultiplexing the broadcast signal and the multimedia data.
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February 24, 2004
December 25, 2007
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